Trace-fastener



(N0 Model.)

C. B. EASTY.

TRACE PASTENBR. No. 556,742. Patented Mar. 24, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES B. EASTY, OF GLENVILLE, OIIIO.

TRACE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,742, dated March24, 1896.

Application filed February 27, 1895. Serial No. 539,878. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. EASTY, of Glenville, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Trace-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to nia-ke anduse the same.

My invention relates to improvements in trace-fasteners for attachingthe rear ends of traces to the whiflietree; and it consists in certainfeatures ot' construction and combinations of parts hereinafterdescribed and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top plan showing atrace'fastener einbodying my invention and a trace secured to the same.Fig. 2 is a top plan, in central longitudinal section, of the same.

illy improved trace-fastener comprises a stationary jaw A anda movablejaw B. J aw A is arranged in line and integral with the metallic socketor body portion a of the fastener, that is adapted to fit over the endof a whi'ietree. Jaws A and B are arranged in the same horizontal plane,and jaw B is pivoted, at or near its inner end, at b, to a lug or ear aof body portion a in such a manner as to render it capable of movementtoward and from the stationary jaw in a horizontal plane.

A spring C, composed preferably of a piece of stid wire, acts in thedirection to retain jaw B separated from jaw A. Spring C preferablyengages the inner side of jaw B, that is preferably recessed or groovedlongitudinally upon said side, as at B', to receive the spring andaccommodate the closing of said jaw B against jaw A, as required to slipthe trace over the outer ends of jaws A and B. Spring O is preferablyexternally sorewthreaded at its inner end, as at C, and said threadedend of the spring engages a correspondingly screw-threaded hole a2 inbody portion a. Groove or recess B does not eX- tend to the free end ofjaw B, butis just long enough to accommodate the location of the springin the closing movement ot the jaw, and the end wall or shoulder B2 atthe outer Yend of said recess or groove would, therefore,

would occur if spring C should turn in the direction required to effectsaid displacement; and the spring is screwed into body portion a such adistance relative to the location of wall or shoulder B2 that it (thespring) cannot become entirely displaced from the device and lost.

A trace D is shown engaging the trace-fastener. The trace has a lateralhole d to accommodate the slipping of the trace over the outer end ofthe trace-fastener when jaw l?) is closed against jaw A, as shown indotted lines, Fig. l, against the action of spring C. The trace isslipped onto the trace-fastener, as already indicated, into engagementwith a recess or depression A formed in and transf versely of theforward side of stationary jaw A, upon which engagement jaw B will beseparated from jaw A bythe action of spring C, resulting in a closeengagement oi' the forward Wall of hole d in the trace with the wall ofdepression A', and in a correspondingly close engagement between therear wall of said hole d and rear side of jaw B.

That I claiin is- 1. A trace-fastener comprising the body portion a; jawA rigid with the body portion and provided with the recess or depressionA'; jaw B pivotally supported from the body portion and provided, uponits inner side, with the groove B and shoulder B2, and the spring Cscrewed at its inner end into the body portion, all arranged andoperating, substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

2. A trace-fastener comprising a body portion o., jaw A rigid with thebodyportion and provided with a recess or depression A', jaw B pivotallysupported from the body portion and provided, upon its inner side, witha groove B extending longitudinally of said jaw, and a piece ofspring-wire C engaging and extending longitudinally of said groove, andsaid wire, at its inner end, being suitably secured to the body portion,all arranged and operating substantially as shown, for the purposespeciied,

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 15th day of November, 1894.

CHARLES B. EASTY. lVitnesses:

C. Ha DORER, ELLA E. TILDEN.

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